04/10/2024 | Writer: Kaos GL
The most common topics addressed during the consultations included the “gender transition process,” “coming out,” “asylum,” and “mental health support.”
The Social Policy, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association (SPoD) released its August support data, revealing that it provided 84 hours of service over the course of 11 days. The cities with the highest demand for these services were Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, and Adana.
In August, SPoD provided 20 sessions of telephone counseling and 32 sessions of written counseling, with the most common topics being the “gender transition process,” “coming out,” “asylum,” and “mental health support.”
About SPoD’s LGBTI+ Helpline
The hotline is described on SPoD’s website as follows:
“As a peer support system, the LGBTI+ HelpLine has been in service since 2017 to provide accurate, up-to-date and reliable information for questions and problems centered on gender identity and sexual orientation.
With the LGBTI+ HelpLine, which is run by volunteer peer counselors who receive comprehensive training and regular supervision, we provide counseling to LGBTI+ people on issues such as discrimination and violence based on gender identity and sexual orientation, sexual health and sexually transmitted infections, gender reassignment process and military exemption process. We also provide emotional support on issues such as the coming out process, peer bullying, family relations and relationship difficulties.
Based on their needs and requests, we’re directing the applicants of the LGBTI+ HelpLine to SPoD’s experts in the relevant fields of legal counseling, psychological support and social works.”
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